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Police: Rap shooting in Colorado not random

Enlarge ImageRequest to buy this photoBRENNAN LINSLEY | ASSOCIATED PRESSA police-dog team walks into the closed south entrance to Red Rocks amphitheater, a historic concert venue west of Denver in the Rocky Mountain foothills.

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DENVER (AP) — A shooting involving rapper ScHoolboy Q after a concert at the historic Red Rocks
amphitheater west of Denver probably was not a random act of violence, authorities said
yesterday.

“This is not just a coincidence. We think there is probably more to it than that,” said Jacki
Kelley, a spokeswoman for the Jefferson County sheriff’s office. “It does seem to be more targeted
than random.”

The rapper was unhurt in Thursday night’s shooting, but three other people in the vehicle he was
in suffered wounds that were not life-threatening. One victim was released from a hospital on
Friday.

No arrests have been made, but Kelley said investigators have received numerous tips and are
trying to determine a motive for the attack in a parking lot at the outdoor venue, where the
Beatles and Grateful Dead have performed and U2 filmed
Under a Blood Red Sky.

ScHoolboy Q, whose birth name is Quincy Matthew Hanley, is from Los Angeles. His most-recent
album,
Oxymoron, made its debut at No. 1 earlier this year and reflects his life as a father and
former gang member.

In March, when ScHoolboy Q performed at a sold-out show in Denver, someone in the crowd threw an
object at the performer, who jumped off the stage to confront the person,
TheDenver Post reported. Security workers separated them.

On Thursday, the rapper and at least four other people were in the white SUV that was fired on
at the venue in foothills west of Denver, authorities said.

The SUV was driven to a Denver intersection about 15 miles away, apparently in search of a
hospital, before it was stopped by Denver police and the occupants taken for medical attention,
Kelley said.

About 4,500 people attended the concert at the amphitheater, which seats as many as 9,525.